opening an html file from command line

ashlesha · 07-18-2006, 12:42 PM

hi

how do i open a file with a .html/pdf extn from the command line?

thanks
ashlesha.

acid_kewpie · 07-18-2006, 12:56 PM

open? you canv iew an html page just with any text editor... if you wish to view the resulting page in a console then use a text browser like links. as for pdf... doubt there's anythign to do this.

ashlesha · 07-18-2006, 12:59 PM

ok what i mean is..how would i open an html page in firefox from the command line?
i opened it in vi and it shows me the code..i want to see the resulting page...
same with pdf..how do i view the pdf file in adobe acrobat reader that i ve got on my system?

thanks..
ashlesha.

pwc101 · 07-18-2006, 01:00 PM

try xpdf for the pdf file

Code:

xpdf <filename>

should do the trick. otherwise type

Code:

apropos pdf

which will give you a list of all the programs that deal with pdfs (this may throw out a lot of programs - read the comments from the output to determine if the program does what you want it to.

hope this helps.

pwc101 · 07-18-2006, 01:03 PM

sorry, bit slow on the typing there.

to open the html page in firefox from the commandline

Code:

firefox <filename>

should work

rushi · 07-18-2006, 01:14 PM

if you are running from the command line only and not part of a script you should try putting a & at the end so that you have the use of your console back.
firefox <filename>&

ThomIves · 10-01-2017, 06:05 PM

Helpful thread - thanks guys. In case it isn't obvious, for google chrome, use ...

google-chrome <filename>&